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Strategies for Concentrated Stock and Stock Options

Jeff and Ruth have over 30 years combined experience helping senior executives to manage and diversify their concentrated stock positions. We custom-design staged, tax sensitive diversification strategies for complicated concentrated stock positions. If you have concentrated stock in many places, which shares should you diversify when, and how?

  • Understanding different types of company stock options

  • Stock options strategy: understanding the time value, leverage, and tax implications of your company stock options

  • Proactive communications with your accountant before you exercise your stock options

  • Restricted stock strategy

  • 10b5-1(c) trading plans

  • Concentrated stock in company retirement plans

  • Covered call writing

  • Collars/Prepaid Forwards

  • Charitable gifting strategies for concentrated stock

  • Exit Planning

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